For several decades, globalizationGlobalization has been a development that is scientifically very exciting from the perspective of the basic questions of this book and politically of utmost importance. The thesis represented here is that globalization supports the formation of a “world society”World Society and that societal fundamental values thus gain universality, i.e., global significance and validity. The prevailing view of globalization in the social sciences is very critical. It is seen by many primarily as a result of capitalist expansion and land acquisition and is associated with the extreme inequality between the global North and South. It is overlooked that globalization has also led to a massive catch-up process of numerous countries in the South and Southeast Asia and has caused a significant reduction in the proportion of poor people in the world. It is also argued that altruistic factors and processes, such as the development of science and technology, including the humanities and social sciences, are driving forces of globalization. They have all led to a turning away from religious and ideological myths and, through communicative and sociocultural interweaving of the world, to an opening for modern and democratic ideas. Politically, the world has been positively permeated by corresponding norms and institutions—international agreements, the founding of the United Nations, the adoption of declarations of human rights, and the establishment of regional associations. Civil society institutions, no less than multinational corporations, are increasingly focusing on problems that become virulent locally but have a global background.